MOSCOW: Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares higher. At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 1.23% to hit a new 1-month high. The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which rose 3.61% or 13.55 points to trade at 389.15 at the close. Meanwhile, ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 2.44% or 2.110 points to end at 88.660 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.27% or 6.20 points to 279.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unipro (MCX:UPRO), which fell 3.27% or 0.0820 points to trade at 2.4250 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 1.25% or 2000 points to end at 157500 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) was down 1.13% or 26.0 points to 2275.0. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 111 to 89 and 24 ended unchanged. Shares in Unipro (MCX:UPRO) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.27% or 0.0820 to 2.4250.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.38% to 22.880. Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.53% or 18.96 to $1223.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.65% or 0.76 to hit $46.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.68 to trade at $49.45 a barrel. USD/RUB was up 0.69% to 59.3484, while EUR/RUB fell 0.26% to 67.4810. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 95.95.
